Baling-press



(No Model!) W. S. LIDDBLL.

BALING PRESS.

N0. 566,460. 6 Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFlCE,

IVALTER S. LIDDELL, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,460, dated August25, 1896.

Application filedIebrnary 6, 1896- $erial No. 573,242. (No model.)

exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,makingpart of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of baling-presses employing arevolving table carrying the press-boxes, which are presentedalternately to the baling action, one being filled and packed while theother is in position to have the bale compressed, bound, and removed,and more particularly to the arrangement of said boxes and the manner ofconnecting and operating the doors thereof, whereby the press is broughtinto compact shape and materially strengthened and the operation ofbaling facilitated. It will be understood from the followingdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawin g, showing,in perspective, so much of a revolving double-box press as is necessaryto illustrate the invention.

In the ordinary construction of balingpresses of the type referred tothe revolving table carrying the pressboxes is supported upon andrevolves around an upright framerod connecting the lower or base andupper horizontal frames of the machine, two additional upright rods,arranged on one side of the table, being ordinarily employed to con nectsaid lower and upper frames, and, the press-boxes in said constructionsbeing placed end to end on opposite sides of the pivotal support, atable of large diameter is rendered necessary, and, as a consequence,the upper frame-timbers have to be projected a long distance beyond thepivotal rod on the side opposite the additional supports referred to, inorder to accommodate the baling operations. The outer end of the upperframetimber thus projected is thus left without support, except such asis provided by props extended therefrom to the press chamber fioor at apoint outside the revolving table. In the present construction, as shownin the drawing, the base-frame is composed of trans versely-arrangedtimbers 1 and 2, connected by a central longitudinal timber 3, whichforms a support for the compressing-screw and its actuating mechanism,as shown, .and also for a central upright rod 13, which forms thepivotal support for the revolving table or platform 13 and thepress-boxes I I and G 0, connected with said table on opposite sides ofsaid central rod. llhe upper frame is composed of parallel timbers 4:,extending longitudinally and connected by a transverse timber 5, thelatter being con nected with and supported from the base frame bar 2 byupright rods M (one at each end) in alinernent, transversely, with thecentral rod 13 and sufficiently far apart to accommodate the press-boxesand theirsupporting-table between them. For this purpose the bars 2 and5 are made longer than the bar 1, from which rods M M extend up to andform a support for the forward ends of the upper longitudinally-extendedbars 4, to which the head-block D, which takes the final compression ofthe material, is attached at a point intermediate the central upright Band the end uprights M, as shown.

The central rod B, upon which the press table and boxes revolve,supported thereon in any usual manner, has its upper end (not shown)supported in the bar 5, and the pressboxes 0 I, revolving around saidrod, instead of being placed end to end in pairs in the ordinary manner,are arranged side by side or back to back, with their broad adjacentsides facing each other, thereby giving thema compact arrangement ascompared with the usual manner of placing the boxes and materiallyreducing the diameter of the table carrying said boxes. To accommodatethis arrangement of the boxes, the adjacent side or rear doors, insteadof being hinged at their bottoms and swinging outward at their tops inopening, as in the ordinary construction, are made to slide up and downor rise and fall, and said doors, one of which is indicated at E, areconnected to the outer or front doors F by means of wire cords or ropesH, extending up over guiding sheaves or pulleys 6, mounted in uprights Kon the frame-timbers 4:, the arrangement being such that as the door Fis swung outward ordownward for opening the press-box the movement ofsaid door is made to lift the rear or inner door,

2 I teaser) thereby giving access to the bale in front and in rear forapplying the bands, a reverse movement of the front door serving toallow the rear door to close in a manner that will be readilyunderstood. By this arrangement of the inner or rear doors to slide outand in the boxes can be placed much nearer together than would otherwisebe practicable, and at the same time ample space can be left between theboxes for the proper manipulation of the bands and of the bale itself.

The end doors of the boxes can be applied and operated in any usual orpreferred manner.

By the construction described the pressboxes are adapted to be placedwith their broad sides facing each other, in close proximity to theinterposed upright frame-rod B, which forms also the central pivotalsupport for the revoluble press table and boxes, thereby permitting amaterial reduction in the diameter of the table and a closer and morecompact arrangement of the boxes and of the upright frame-rods aroundsaid table and boxes than would be practicable under the usualarrangement. Further, the entire strain of the final compression of thematerial is thrown upon the stationary outer frame through the centerand outer frame-uprights. Consequently there is no tendency to warp ortwist the box-frames out of operative relation to the main frame. Itwill be seen, also, that the central frame-upright B not only forms thepivotal support for the revoluble pressboxes, but that, in connectionwith the end uprights M, it serves to hold the head-block D firmlyagainst the final compression of the bale, thereby rendering practicablethe more compact arrangement described and materially strengthening theframe.

By connecting the side or front and rear doors as explained one is madeto counter balance the weight of and to operate the other, therebyfacilitating the labor of baling.

The mechanism for packing and compressing the material in the boxes, forrevolving the table, and other features of the press not specificallydescribed may be of any usual or preferred kind.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and soughtto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a baling-press, of the revolving table,press-boxes carried by said table and provided 011 their adjacent, innersides with sliding doors, and the hinged, outer doors connected to saidsliding, inner doors for operating them, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a baling-press having a revolving press-table, ofthe press-boxes arranged side by side on said table, sliding doors onthe adjacent inner sides of said boxes, hinged doors on the outer sidesthereof, cords connecting said hinged and sliding doors, andintermediate guides for said cords, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this, the 3d day ofFebruary, A. D. 1896.

\VALTER S. LIDDELL.

\Vitnesses:

J. L. CHAMBERS, FRANK F. JONES.

